argued bush v gore and basically put me in bed for a couple of days i was so depressed after bush v gore was interested in gay rights, i thought, let's check it out. >> but didn't you have any doubts about ted olsen? >> you know, they say that politics makes strange bedfellows. well, you don't have a stranger bedfellow than me and ted olsen. >> i was skeptical, absolutely. >> gay rights activist chad griffin was at lunch with reiner that day and volunteered to make that first call to olsen to check him out. >> much to my surprise, it was an issue that he had clearly thought a lot about. but the moment i hung up the phone i realized that there was a chance i was talking to someone who overnight could become the most important, significant advocate for marriage equality that this movement has ever seen. >> and, kate, you know, after that, ted olsen decided to take the case. then he picked up the phone and he called david boyz, the liberal lawyer he had defeated in bush v gore with whom he had become really good friends after that court case and said to him, david, will you argue along